{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0fe95db7953b3e7f1873e0da","clusterId":"c_7416afe080af5dd93a12e003","slug":"blue-archive-adds-racing-event-and-confirms-nexon-publisher-change","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Blue Archive Adds Racing Event And Confirms Nexon Publisher Change","summary":"Yostar's October 25 livestream set the Blue Archive event \"Start Your Engines! ~183 Forever!~\" to open after the October 28 maintenance and run until 10:59 on November 11. Players can recruit the ★1 student Rana and pull limited ★3 Hifumi (Racing) and Azusa (Racing). The stream also confirmed the Japan publishing role moves from Yostar to Nexon around January 2027.","whyItMatters":"A live-service game handing its Japan publishing to Nexon while still announcing new events, banners, and a sixth anniversary fes suggests continuity of content is being separated from who runs the storefront, a split worth watching when it takes effect around January 2027.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eYostar also outlined the updates landing with the same October 28 maintenance: a Recruitment Record feature for viewing pull history, Companion Training that lets players field specific students without recruiting them, and a Virtual Aptitude Test BETA that allows two TCS Students alongside STRIKER and SPECIAL slots, with EX skills on cooldown rather than cards.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTactical Challenge opens a new season after the November 11 maintenance. Defense Exercise runs November 11 to November 18, Seth\u0026#39;s Wrath from October 29 to November 25, and the new total assault Nightmare Express from November 4 to November 11. A merchandise package tied to the event sells from October 28 to November 25.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStart Your Engines! ~183 Forever!~\u003c/strong\u003e: Event runs after the October 28 maintenance until 10:59 on November 11\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRana\u003c/strong\u003e: ★1 student recruitable through the event, voiced by Hikaru Iida\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Infinite Trajectory Is Hope!\u003c/strong\u003e: Limited pickup featuring ★3 Hifumi (Racing), voiced by Kaede Hondo\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Phantom Maneuver Is Stratagem!\u003c/strong\u003e: Limited pickup featuring ★3 Azusa (Racing), voiced by Risa Taneda\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull Throttle! Gehenna Cup!\u003c/strong\u003e: Minigame using Racer Pass, with tank races and boss duels\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecruitment Record\u003c/strong\u003e: Feature letting players view recruitment history\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompanion Training\u003c/strong\u003e: Lets players form specific students in content even without recruiting them\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirtual Aptitude Test BETA\u003c/strong\u003e: Platoon-based mode with up to two TCS Students and Level Sync\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlue Archive Fes! Rock With Me♪\u003c/strong\u003e: Sixth anniversary real-world event confirmed on the stream\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Blue Archive's Start Your Engines! event opens after the Oct 28 maintenance, with limited Hifumi (Racing) and Azusa (Racing) banners. The same stream confirmed Japan publishing moves from Yostar to Nexon around January 2027.","twitterPost":"Blue Archive adds the Start Your Engines! event after the Oct 28 maintenance, with limited Hifumi (Racing) and Azusa (Racing) pickups. The stream also confirmed Japan publishing shifts from Yostar to Nexon around January 2027.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Yostar's Blue Archive livestream set the Start Your Engines! ~183 Forever!~ event to run from after the October 28 maintenance until November 11, with a recruitable ★1 Rana and limited ★3 Hifumi (Racing) and Azusa (Racing) banners. The same stream confirmed the sixth anniversary fes, Blue Archive Fes! Rock With Me♪. Separately, Japan publishing is set to move from Yostar to Nexon around January 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/519/G051983/20261025004/\",\"title\":\"Blue Archive's New Event \\\"Start Your Engines! ~183 Forever!~\\\" Opens After October 28 Maintenance; 6th Anniversary Fes Info Also Revealed\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4757,"outputTokens":961,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792935732,"createdAt":"2026-10-25T13:36:27.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-25T13:41:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T13:41:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7416afe080af5dd93a12e003","canonicalTitle":"「ブルアカ」の新イベント「Start Your Engines! 〜183号よ永遠に!〜」が10月28日のメンテナンス後に開幕。6周年のフェス情報も解禁","representativeArticleId":"a_2878d580c4ef73e0b5774f91","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Blue Archive\"],\"studios\":[\"Yostar\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-25T12:53:08.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-25T12:53:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T13:41:10.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/519/G051983/20261025004/","title":"「ブルアカ」の新イベント「Start Your Engines! 〜183号よ永遠に!〜」が10月28日のメンテナンス後に開幕。6周年のフェス情報も解禁"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Blue Archive"],"studios":["Yostar"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}